The devil is in the detail regarding the efficacy of reading recovery: A rejoinder to schwartz, Hobsbaum, Briggs, and Scull

International Journal of Disability, Development and Education

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-35

  Reynolds, Meree ^a   Wheldall, Kevin ^a   Madelaine, Alison ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beginning reading; Early intervention; Education research; Reading Recovery

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449187510     PISSN: 1034912X     EISSN: 1465346X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10349120802681580     Document Type: Article

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